Marker for making buttonholes



Feb. 25, 1958 s. KATZ 2,824,530

MARKER FOR MAKING BUTTONHOLES Filed Oct. 20, 21955 INVENTOR. Sam Katz.

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1 2,824,530 1C6 Patented Feb. 25, 195

MARKER FOR MAKING BUTTONHOLES Sam Katz, Kansas City, Mo.

Application October 20, 1955, Serial No. 541,769

4 Claims. (Cl. 112-65) This invention relates to a marker for the making of button holes, and more particularly to a marker having a plurality of indications thereon for the placement over the cloth to make the button holes in the desired places.

Heretofore, in the garment industry, it has been necessary to mark the cloth in which the button holes are desired to be made with a marking pencil or the like. This method of marking the cloth for button holes is unsatisfactory because there is a tendency to misalign the markings for the button holes due to slippage of the materials and the tendency of the operator to err in marking the cloth.

With the present invention I have provided a marker which facilitates the marking of button holes in garments which is simple in operation and is much faster than by the old methods as well as assuring the button holes being aligned and spaced equal distances on the garment.

It is the principal objects of the present invention to provide a marker for making button holes in garments having a plurality of spaced openings in alignment on said marker which may be fastened to the cloth of the garment and which will remain in place during the making of the button holes; to provide indicia on said marker for alignment of the openings with the stitching mechanism; to provide a marker of this character in which the button holes may be on a straight line or set at an angle; to provide a marker for a single button hole having a stiffener therein for individual use; and to provide a device of this character simple and economical to manufacture.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the present invention I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my marker.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the marker shown attached to a piece of cloth.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my marker shown in connection with a stitching and cutting machine for making the button holes.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a further modified form of the invention showing the openings at an angle position thereon.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of single button hole marker with parts broken away to illustrate the stiffener therein.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

In Fig. 1 is illustrated my marker comprising a body 1 of substantially rectangular shape although any form may be used, and it is provided along one side thereof with a plurality of openings 2, also of rectangular shape, and of a size to accommodate the size of button hole desired to be placed in the cloth material. The openings are placed slightly near the edge 3 of the marker for convenience in use. I preferably use a material made of mohair and paper treated with a chemical material, such as acetate or the like, and such material is sometimes referred to as Pelon. The openings 2 are placed in the marker at the desired distance apart as the buttonholes are desired to be placed.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated the marker applied to a piece of cloth material 4 in which the buttonholes are to be made and the material includes a liner 5. The marker is placed along the edge 6 of the material and fastened thereto by a plurality of pins '7. The cloth material 4 is generally cut to the desired shape and dimensions for the garment to be finished so that the buttonholes will be placed in the desired position thereon.

8 designates a machine for making the buttonholes and is mounted upon a table as indicated at 9. The machine includes the usual needles 10 and 10' and sewing apparatus 11 and a knife 12 on the .table as indicated at 13.

The marker is provided with indicia or markings 14 which may be either stitched or printed thereon and includes longitudinal lines 15, 15', 16 and 16' and transverse lines 17, 18 and 19. It will be noted the lines 17 and 19 are equal distance from the openings 2 and the line 18 centers with the openings. It will be noted the cloth material 4 is provided along the edge 6 with a plurality of spaced notches .20. The marker 3 is also provided with spaced notches 21 to align with the notches in the cloth material 4, and the marker pinned to the cloth by the pins 7. The lines 15 and 16 cross the openings to indicate the length of the buttonhole to be out within the openings 2 of the marker and the machine includes a hold down or base 22 to align the machine with respect to the openings in the marker and to hold the cloth in place on the table. It will be noted in Fig. 3 the side edge 23 of the base 22 aligns with the line 17 and the side edge 24 of the base 22 aligns with the line 19. The rear edge 25 aligns withthe longitudinal line 16. The front edge is even with the line 15' on the marker.

1 have found that a Reece pipe buttonhole machine is very suitable for the purpose of making buttonholes with my marker and the marker after being pinned to the cloth material is placed on the table as indicated in Fig. 2. The base 22 of the machine is then aligned with the lines on the marker as previously described so that the opening 26 in the base aligns with the opening 2 of the marker. Operation of the machine in the usual practice will stitch the buttonhole and the knife 12 will cut the cloth as it is stitched to complete the buttonhole. The base is clamped to the material to prevent slipping as also is the usual practice. The base then being loosened from the material, the material may then be moved over to the next succeeding opening for the buttonhole and the operation repeated.

In some instance, it may be advisable or desirable to place a small piece of material over the opening in the buttonhole within the base 22 of the machine so that the stitching will be made along the side edges, as indicated at 27 and 28 and the knife 12 will cut the cloth, as indicated at 29 (Fig. 3). The machine includes knives substantially of V-shape to cut the corners or end edges of the buttonhole and also fingers which pull the cloth material through the buttonhole opening to the wrong side of the material to complete the buttonhole, as is the usual practice.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a form of the invention wherein the openings 30 and 31 are placed at an angle and an opening 32 is slightly offset downwardly in the extension 33 of the material so that the buttonholes may be placed at a different angle one with respect to the other on the same garment, if desired.

In Fig. 5, I have illustrated a marker 34 for a single buttonhole having an opening 35. The single buttonhole may be used by individuals for single buttonhole operations and is made by sewing two pieces 36 and 37 of the material together and then around the opening between the two pieces of material is a layer of plastic material 38 to strengthen the marker. The marker is also provided with a substantially rectangular shaped marking as indicated at 39 to align the buttonhole machine as desired.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that l have provided an improved marker for making a buttonhole which insures even placement of the buttonhole on the garment and which is less expensive to operate in the making of the garment than in the methods heretofor practiced.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a machine for making buttonholes in cloth material having markings in one edge thereof, said machine having a base provided with an elongated opening therein and cutting and stitching mechanism operable through said opening, a marker having a plurality of equispaced rectangular shaped openings therein and having markings in one edge for aligning with the markings on said cloth material, means fastening the marker to said cloth material, a plurality of spaced lines on said marker running parallel with said openings and spaced equidistant from the side edges of said openings and a plurality of spaced lines on said marker running transversely of said first named lines for aligning all of said lines with the base of said machine whereby said openings in the marker will align with the opening in the base of the machine for making said buttonholes in equispaced relation in said cloth material.

2. In combination with a machine for making buttonholes in cloth'material having spaced notches in one edge thereof, said machine having a base provided with an elongated opening therein and cutting and stitching mech anism operable through said opening, a rectangularly shaped marker having a plurality of equispaced rectangularly shaped openings along one side edge thereof and disposed at an angle to said side edge and having notches in one edge for aligning with the notches on said cloth material for indicating the place on the material for the buttonholes, means fastening the marker to said cloth material, stiffening means in said marker surrounding said openings, and lines on said marker running parallel with and transversely to said openings for aligning said lines with the base of said machine, said transverse lines intersecting said openings near each end whereby said openings in the marker will align with the opening in said base for making said bnttonholes in equispaced relation in said cloth material.

3. An article for attachment to garment material for defining the placement of buttonholes therein, said material having spaced markings along one edge thereof, comprising a body member of flexible material having a plurality of equispaced, rectangularly-shaped openings along one edge of said member, one end of said openings being spaced from the said side edge of the member, one edge of said member having markings for aligning with the markings on the cloth material, means fastening the member to said material, marking lines on said member extending parallel with said openings, pairs of said lines being equispaced from the side edges of each of said openings and a line intersecting each end of each of said openings, and marking lines on said member extending across said member transversely to the first named lines, two of said lines intersecting said openings equidistant from the ends of said openings.

4. An article for attachment to cloth garment material for defining the placement of buttonholes therein, said material having spaced markings along one edge thereof, comprising a body member of flexible material having a plurality of equispaced, rectangularly-shaped openings along one edge of said member, said openings being positioned at an angle to the edge of said member and one end of said openings being spaced from the said side edge of the member, one edge of said member having markings for aligning with the markings on the cloth material, means fastening the member to said material, marking lines on said member extending parallel with and equispaced from the sides of said openings, the ends of said lines extending above said openings, a line connecting the ends ofsaid first marking lines and running parallel with the end edge of said openings, a pair of marking lines running parallel with the end edges of each of said openings and intersecting each of said openings spaced equidistant from said end edges, and a line extending obliquely across said member and intersecting each end of said openings.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,145,244 Hoflmann July 6, 1915 1,475,235 Mattingly Nov. 27, 1923 2,250,718 McCloud July 29, 1941 2,479,293 Bayless Aug. 16, 1949 2,479,648 Swartz Aug. 23, 1949 

